A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting.

As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.

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About the Author:

Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, Mississippi. She received her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won five Hopwood awards for essays, drama, and fiction. A Stegner Fellow at Stanford, from 2008-2010, she has been named the 2010-11 Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. Her debut novel, Where the Line Bleeds, was an Essence Magazine Book Club selection, a Black Caucus of the ALA Honor Award recipient, and a finalist for both the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award.

Book Description Bloomsbury USA, 2012. Book Condition: New. Brand New, Unread Copy in Perfect Condition. A+ Customer Service! Summary: 2011 National Book Award WinnerNPR BestsellerIndieBound National Indie Bestseller San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2011 Kansas City Star Top 100 Books of the Year Atlanta Journal-Constitution Best of the South 2011 Shelf Awareness , Reviewer's Choice, Top 10 of 2011More.com, Hottest Fall NovelsOprah.com, Books to Watch and Book of the Week Huffington Post , The Best Upcoming BooksVogue.com, Fall Blockbuster Fiction "The first great novel about Katrina." Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe "[A] searing, understated, and big-hearted novel." Salon " Salvage the Bones is an intense book, with powerful, direct prose that dips into poetic metaphor . . . We are immersed in Esch's world, a world in which birth and death nestle close, where there is little safety except that which the siblings create for each other. That close-knit familial relationship is vivid and compelling, drawn with complexities and detail." Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times "I've just read [ Salvage the Bones ] and it'll be a long time before its magic wears off.Ward winds private passions with that menace gathering force out in the Gulf of Mexico. Without a hint of pretention, in the simple lives of these poor people living among chickens and abandoned cars, she evokes the tenacious love and desperation of classical tragedy . . . A palpable sense of desire and sorrow animates every page here . . . Salvage the Bones has the aura of a classic about it." Ron Charles, Washington Post "A timeless tale of a family that regains its humanity in the face of incalculable loss." Gina Webb, Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Jesmyn Ward has claimed her place both as a contemporary witness of life in the rural south and as a descendant of its great originals." Nicholas Delbanco, author of Sherbrookes and Lastingness: The Art of Old Age "The narrator's voice sparks with beauty as it urges the reader through this moving story set in the shadow of Katrina." Zo Triska, Huffington Post "Jesmyn Ward has written . . . the first Katrina-drenched fiction I'd press upon readers now." Karen R. Long, Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "Ward's redolent prose conjures the magic and menace of the southern landscape." Elizabeth Hoover, Dallas Morning News "The novel's power comes from the dread of the approaching storm and a pair of violent climaxes. The first is a dog fight, an appalling spectacle given emotional depth by Skeetah's love for the pit bull China (their bond is the strongest and most affecting in the book). When the hurricane strikes, Ms. Ward endows it, too, with attributes maternal and savage: 'Katrina is the mother we will remember until the next mother with large merciless hands, committed to blood, comes.' " Wall Street Journal "From its lyrical yet visceral first scene, this novel had me, and I hardly dared to put it down for fear a spell might be broken. But it never was or will be; such are the gifts of this writer." Laura Kasischke, author of In a Perfect World "Without a false note . . . A superbly realized work of fiction that, while Southern to the bone, transcends its region to become universal." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "With her tough, tense and taut tale of one rural family's bitter and bloody fight for survival in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina, [Ward] has secured herself a place among such other great Southern writers as Flannery O'Connor, Harper Lee and William Faulkner. Ward's electrifying, exhilarating, edge-of-your-seat second novel, Salvage the Bones , takes us into the naked heart of one Southern family struggling for both survival and identity. With prose both powerful and poetic, Ward has imagined an unforgettable family." CityBeat (Cincinnati) "Ward uses fearless, toughly lyrical language to convey this family's close-knit tenderness [and] the sheer bloody-minded difficulty of rural African American life . . . It's an eye-opening heartbreaker that ends in hope . . . You owe it. Bookseller Inventory # ABE_book_new_1608196267

Book Description Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United States, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 208 x 137 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. Winner of the 2011 National Book AwardA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch s father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn t show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn t much to save. Lately, Esch can t keep down what food she gets; she s fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull s new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child s play and short on parenting.As the twelve days that make up the novel s framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real. Bookseller Inventory # AAS9781608196265

Book Description Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United States, 2012. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 208 x 137 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. Winner of the 2011 National Book AwardA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch s father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn t show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn t much to save. Lately, Esch can t keep down what food she gets; she s fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull s new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child s play and short on parenting.As the twelve days that make up the novel s framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real. Bookseller Inventory # AAS9781608196265

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Book Description Bloomsbury USA. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Paperback. 288 pages. Dimensions: 8.2in. x 5.4in. x 0.9in.Winner of the 2011 National Book AwardA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Eschs father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesnt show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isnt much to save. Lately, Esch cant keep down what food she gets; shes fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbulls new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on childs play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that make up the novels framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN, Momence,IL, Commerce,GA. Paperback. Bookseller Inventory # 9781608196265